Modality - Possible, Probable Or Certain? - PDF

The ways in which we speak allow us to attach to our phrases the level or certainty we have in them. Do we know something, feel it, guess it is true, trust in it, and so on. One of the important reasons for reading Scripture is to engage experientially such that we acquire non-propositional knowledge (trust, faith, hope and so on) in the person of Christ. Through his words and deeds, we come to see a standing point from which we can examine other truth claims with clarity.